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Google has confirmed a new Panda update at the same time that it’s announcing 40 search updates that happened in February (or are in progress right now). It would be all but impossible to fully sum up the full slate of changes here, but there are a few that seem especially noteworthy and will no doubt produce a lot of speculation among search marketers. Here’s a look at the ones that stand out to me: Panda 3.3 Update Here’s what Google says about its latest Panda-related change: Panda update. This launch refreshes data in the Panda system, making it more accurate and more sensitive to recent changes on the web. This sounds very similar to Panda 3.2 , which happened in mid-January and was described only as a “data refresh” and not related to new or changed ranking signals. Panda was launched a year ago — don’t miss the full background in our recent story, Infographic: The G...